Brown University - Hanover Food Co-op
Evergreen State College - The Flaming Eggplant
HampshireCollege – Mixed Nuts Food Co-op
Georgetown - The Corp
Oberlin College – Good Food Co-op
Portland State – Food For Thought
Suny - Binghamtom University
University of British Columbia – Food Co-op
University of California Davis – Food Co-op
University of California San Diego – Che Café
University of California San Diego – Food Co-op
Univesity of California Santa Cruz – Kresge Food Co-op
University of Maryland – Food Co-op
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Minnesota (Morris) – Pomme de Terre Food Co-op
University of New Hampshire – Food Co-op
University of Sydney - Food Co-op
University of Toronto
University of Washington - Parnaffus Cafe and Design Cafe
Warren Wilson College – Harvest Food Cooperative
Westminster College – Food Co-op
Whitman College - Daily Market Cooperative
Portfolios
Evergreen State College Name: Flaming Eggplant Cafe Type of Institution: Public Food Service: Exclusive Contract through Aramark.
Food Service Notables: 40% local and/or organic. CSA Program. Campus farm to Plate program. How it started: Student support. $2 per credit one-time fee passed by 87% of the student body. Amended contract with Aramark. Opened October 10th, 2008. Insurance: No insurance required for suppliers. Evergreen has insurance for all operations and the Eggplant is covered under the part that covers student activities. It was "very easy" for the Eggplant to be added onto these policies. Model: Membership Co-op. All students are members but plans are in the works to make all people who use the University members. Income: $986.50 per day. with a 28.6% profit or $282.56 per day. Web: http://academic.evergreen.edu/groups/flamingeggplant/memo.htm
Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix A)
Georgetown University Name: The Corp. Type of Institution: Private How it works: The Corp. operates eight services. Six food services, Vital Vittles, Uncommon Grounds, Corp Catering, More Uncommon Grounds, Hoya Snaxa, The Midnight Mug, and two general services, the Book Co-op and Student Storage. The Corp. also maintains Human Resources, IT +Marketing, and the Accounting Departments. Relationship with University: Completely Independent Non-Profit Corporation. Food services accept dining dollars. Income: The Corp. has yearly revenues of over $4 million. Vital Vittles, the largest of their food services, has expected 08' revenues of $2,226,645.09 annually. More Uncommon Grounds, their smallest food service, is a coffee shop and has expected revenues of $319,428 in 2008. Web: http://thecorp.org/
Hampshire College Name:Mixed Nuts Food Co-op Type of Institution: Private What it is: Storefront and buyers' club enabling members on the community to buy food in bulk. How it works: Run entirely by student volunteers without administrative funding.
Oberlin College Name: Oberlin Student Cooperative Association Type of Institution: Private Food Service: Bon Appetit Management Company How its works: Membership based, non-profit entity. Completely student-run. Run by board of two reps from each of the ten co-ops. What it does: Feeds over 630 students a day all their meals. Houses 175 students. Gets food from local farmers as well as farmers from all parts of the country. Relationship with University: Rents buildings from the university. Income: 2.2 million dollars per year. Web: http://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/gfc/index.html
Portland State University Name: Food For Thought Type of Institution: Public How it works: Student-Run workers Co-op.
Model: Student-board and advisory board How it started: Gains support from student senate. Partners with Western Culinary Institute. Secures start up and education funds from PSU Student Fee Committee. Web: http://www.fftcafe.pdx.edu/about/news/
University of California Davis Name: UC Davis Coffee House Type of Institution: Public Food Service: Exclusive Contract through Sodexo. Amended to allow UC Davis Coffee House. How it works: Entirely student run. "Currently a $3,200,000 retail operation staffed by 4 full-time and career employees and over 240 student employees." What it does: Serves nutritious and inexpensive food to over 7000 students daily. Purchases from small, local businesses and farms. Relationship with University: Manager reports to the business manager of the ASUCD. They are not really a co-op . Liability: Covered under the University's umbrella plan. Managers ServSafe certified to better understand food safety. Continuity: Train, Train, Train. Replaces about 50% of employees each fall, goes through 2 week training session. Income: $4 million in sales per year. Web: http://coffeehouse.ucdavis.edu/
University of California San Diego Name: Che Cafe Collective Type of Institution: Public What it is: Non-Profit, student/community run and owned Co-op Web: http://checafe.ucsd.edu/about.html
University of California Santa Cruz Name: Kresge Food Co-op Type of Institution: Public How it started: In the 1970's in a tent in a meadow. How it works: Non-profit, completely student-run independant entity.
Model: Members Co-op. Relationship with University: Completely independent. Uses University property and a market on campus free of charge. Students can pay for food with Flex Bucks. Products: Bulk-foods, drinks (coffee, tea, etc), bagels, natural beauty products, toiletries, produce from the school's student farm, and local farmers.
University of Maryland Name: Maryland Food Collective Type of Institution: Public
Food Service: Self-op. How it Started: The Maryland Food Co-op has been in operation since 1975, when student started a “Guerrilla Sandwich Line” selling home-made sandwiches outside of the Student Union. They operate independent of the University and the Department of Dining Services. Income: “During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Co-op experienced sales of $3,000-$4,500 a day during the regular semester and $2,000-$3,000 a day during the summer and winter sessions.” (Maryland Food Collective Archives)
Insurance: $2 million of Liability and $600,000 in Motor Vehicle Insurance. Model: Workers Co-op. All decisions are made by the workers with an equal vote. They hold weekly meetings which is open to everyone, " Anyone attending the meeting can introduce a motion, which is then voted on by paid workers." (Maryland Food Collective) A volunteer for food program allows people to purchase items in the store if they do not have money. Relationship with University: Independent Non-Profit. Able to accept Terrapin Express Plan at its location. Web: http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/ffc/
University of Massachusetts - Amherst Names: Greeno Sub Shop, The People's Market, Earth Foods, Sylvan Snack Bar, Sweets & More Type of Institution: Public How it started: In the 70's a luggage storage area turned into a snack shop. Shortly there after a vegetarian cafe and bulk purchasing food market opened.
Insurance: The University has liability insurance. All students are required to get Serv Safe certification and have Environmental and Health Safety sign offs at the beginning and end of each semester. Model: Depends upon food service. The People's Market has "participatory management." Each business is completely student-run. A center for student-business provides workshops, guidance, and supervision.
Relationship with the University: Incorporated within the University. Completely self-funding. Part of the Center for Student Business. Today: There are 8 student businesses, 5 related to food. Students are able to start a student business by applying through the Student Government Association. Web: http://www.umass.edu/rso/csb/info/info.html
Whitman College Name: Daily Market Cooperative (formerly The Sweet Onion Co-Op) Type of Institution: Private How it started: It started as a student-run business project and was founded with a grant from the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC).
Student-Operated Food Services
Brown University - Hanover Food Co-opEvergreen State College - The Flaming Eggplant
HampshireCollege – Mixed Nuts Food Co-op
Georgetown - The Corp
Oberlin College – Good Food Co-op
Portland State – Food For Thought
Suny - Binghamtom University
University of British Columbia – Food Co-op
University of California Davis – Food Co-op
University of California San Diego – Che Café
University of California San Diego – Food Co-op
Univesity of California Santa Cruz – Kresge Food Co-op
University of Maryland – Food Co-op
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Minnesota (Morris) – Pomme de Terre Food Co-op
University of New Hampshire – Food Co-op
University of Sydney - Food Co-op
University of Toronto
University of Washington - Parnaffus Cafe and Design Cafe
Warren Wilson College – Harvest Food Cooperative
Westminster College – Food Co-op
Whitman College - Daily Market Cooperative
Portfolios
Evergreen State College
Name: Flaming Eggplant Cafe
Type of Institution: Public
Food Service: Exclusive Contract through Aramark.
Food Service Notables: 40% local and/or organic. CSA Program. Campus farm to Plate program.
How it started: Student support. $2 per credit one-time fee passed by 87% of the student body. Amended contract with Aramark. Opened October 10th, 2008.
Insurance: No insurance required for suppliers. Evergreen has insurance for all operations and the Eggplant is covered under the part that covers student activities. It was "very easy" for the Eggplant to be added onto these policies.
Model: Membership Co-op. All students are members but plans are in the works to make all people who use the University members.
Income: $986.50 per day. with a 28.6% profit or $282.56 per day.
Web: http://academic.evergreen.edu/groups/flamingeggplant/memo.htm
Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix A)
Georgetown University
Name: The Corp.
Type of Institution: Private
How it works: The Corp. operates eight services. Six food services, Vital Vittles, Uncommon Grounds, Corp Catering, More Uncommon Grounds, Hoya Snaxa, The Midnight Mug, and two general services, the Book Co-op and Student Storage. The Corp. also maintains Human Resources, IT +Marketing, and the Accounting Departments.
Relationship with University: Completely Independent Non-Profit Corporation. Food services accept dining dollars.
Income: The Corp. has yearly revenues of over $4 million. Vital Vittles, the largest of their food services, has expected 08' revenues of $2,226,645.09 annually. More Uncommon Grounds, their smallest food service, is a coffee shop and has expected revenues of $319,428 in 2008.
Web: http://thecorp.org/
Hampshire College
Name:Mixed Nuts Food Co-op
Type of Institution: Private
What it is: Storefront and buyers' club enabling members on the community to buy food in bulk.
How it works: Run entirely by student volunteers without administrative funding.
Oberlin College
Name: Oberlin Student Cooperative Association
Type of Institution: Private
Food Service: Bon Appetit Management Company
How its works: Membership based, non-profit entity. Completely student-run. Run by board of two reps from each of the ten co-ops.
What it does: Feeds over 630 students a day all their meals. Houses 175 students. Gets food from local farmers as well as farmers from all parts of the country.
Relationship with University: Rents buildings from the university.
Income: 2.2 million dollars per year.
Web: http://www.oberlin.edu/stuorg/gfc/index.html
Portland State University
Name: Food For Thought
Type of Institution: Public
How it works: Student-Run workers Co-op.
Model: Student-board and advisory board
How it started: Gains support from student senate. Partners with Western Culinary Institute. Secures start up and education funds from PSU Student Fee Committee.
Web: http://www.fftcafe.pdx.edu/about/news/
University of California Davis
Name: UC Davis Coffee House
Type of Institution: Public
Food Service: Exclusive Contract through Sodexo. Amended to allow UC Davis Coffee House.
How it works: Entirely student run. "Currently a $3,200,000 retail operation staffed by 4 full-time and career employees and over 240 student employees."
What it does: Serves nutritious and inexpensive food to over 7000 students daily. Purchases from small, local businesses and farms.
Relationship with University: Manager reports to the business manager of the ASUCD. They are not really a co-op .
Liability: Covered under the University's umbrella plan. Managers ServSafe certified to better understand food safety.
Continuity: Train, Train, Train. Replaces about 50% of employees each fall, goes through 2 week training session.
Income: $4 million in sales per year.
Web: http://coffeehouse.ucdavis.edu/
University of California San Diego
Name: Che Cafe Collective
Type of Institution: Public
What it is: Non-Profit, student/community run and owned Co-op
Web: http://checafe.ucsd.edu/about.html
University of California Santa Cruz
Name: Kresge Food Co-op
Type of Institution: Public
How it started: In the 1970's in a tent in a meadow.
How it works: Non-profit, completely student-run independant entity.
Model: Members Co-op.
Relationship with University: Completely independent. Uses University property and a market on campus free of charge. Students can pay for food with Flex Bucks.
Products: Bulk-foods, drinks (coffee, tea, etc), bagels, natural beauty products, toiletries, produce from the school's student farm, and local farmers.
University of Maryland
Name: Maryland Food Collective
Type of Institution: Public
Food Service: Self-op.
How it Started: The Maryland Food Co-op has been in operation since 1975, when student started a “Guerrilla Sandwich Line” selling home-made sandwiches outside of the Student Union. They operate independent of the University and the Department of Dining Services.
Income: “During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Co-op experienced sales of $3,000-$4,500 a day during the regular semester and $2,000-$3,000 a day during the summer and winter sessions.” (Maryland Food Collective Archives)
Insurance: $2 million of Liability and $600,000 in Motor Vehicle Insurance.
Model: Workers Co-op. All decisions are made by the workers with an equal vote. They hold weekly meetings which is open to everyone, " Anyone attending the meeting can introduce a motion, which is then voted on by paid workers." (Maryland Food Collective) A volunteer for food program allows people to purchase items in the store if they do not have money.
Relationship with University: Independent Non-Profit. Able to accept Terrapin Express Plan at its location.
Web: http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/ffc/
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Names: Greeno Sub Shop, The People's Market, Earth Foods, Sylvan Snack Bar, Sweets & More
Type of Institution: Public
How it started: In the 70's a luggage storage area turned into a snack shop. Shortly there after a vegetarian cafe and bulk purchasing food market opened.
Insurance: The University has liability insurance. All students are required to get Serv Safe certification and have Environmental and Health Safety sign offs at the beginning and end of each semester.
Model: Depends upon food service. The People's Market has "participatory management." Each business is completely student-run. A center for student-business provides workshops, guidance, and supervision.
Relationship with the University: Incorporated within the University. Completely self-funding. Part of the Center for Student Business.
Today: There are 8 student businesses, 5 related to food. Students are able to start a student business by applying through the Student Government Association.
Web: http://www.umass.edu/rso/csb/info/info.html
Warren Wilson College
Name: Harvest Food Cooperative
Type of Institution: Private
Model: student-run dining co-op
Web: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/%7Ecoop/index.php
Whitman College
Name: Daily Market Cooperative (formerly The Sweet Onion Co-Op)
Type of Institution: Private
How it started: It started as a student-run business project and was founded with a grant from the Associated Students of Whitman College (ASWC).